Heartbreaking Films

SwimFan1981
SwimFan1981 Posts: 1,430 Member
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Which films have made you cry, provoked the most thought or made the most difference to you?

For me I'd say...

Hotel Rwanda
Synedoche, New York
The Green Mile
Requiem for a Dream
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  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    Requiem for a Dream is easily the most screwed up film I have ever watched. I love movies with no happy ending, but that one just took the cake. Four diverging stories, all of which end up in the ****ter before it's over.
  • MM_1982
    MM_1982 Posts: 374
    Gigli
  • Tennolina
    Tennolina Posts: 2,413
    Schindler's List--- (and I'm not even Jewish)
  • trophywife24
    trophywife24 Posts: 1,472 Member
    The documentary Dear Zachary. It completely wrecked my life for like a month.
  • 5ftnFun
    5ftnFun Posts: 948 Member
    It's an old film w/Jack Nicholson & Debra Winger : Terms of Endearment. The mother/daughter relationship and the daughter's illness.......GIVE HER THE SHOT!!!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plqzeUB9B-w
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    Philadelphia Story came out about 1 month after my brother died of AIDS. Hit pretty close to home.
  • branson101
    branson101 Posts: 173 Member
    I cry at about anything. I cried so hard at Beaches I had to leave the theatre. The most embarrassing round of tears at a movie was at Jurassic Park.
  • SwimFan1981
    SwimFan1981 Posts: 1,430 Member
    Requiem for a Dream is easily the most screwed up film I have ever watched. I love movies with no happy ending, but that one just took the cake. Four diverging stories, all of which end up in the ****ter before it's over.

    I really enjoyed it, disturbing yet beautifully portrayed. Could you recommend some films for me that are similar?
  • bruceinthepit88
    bruceinthepit88 Posts: 136
    I cry very easily - like I literally bawl if its well done. out of the top of my mind - the severe ones are :

    - Blue Valentine
    - Requiem for a Dream
    - Forrest Gump
    - Bright Star (good lord was I in tears or what)
    - Cloud Atlas (to be specific the gay romance part)
  • SwimFan1981
    SwimFan1981 Posts: 1,430 Member
    Schindler's List--- (and I'm not even Jewish)

    I haven't seen this yet, I watched The Pianist a couple of days ago and shed a few tears.
  • bexxxster
    bexxxster Posts: 88 Member
    Defo agree with The Green Mile, love that film makes me cry every time! City of Angels is another that absolutely makes me cry my eyes out every time.
  • Green_eyed_beauty
    Green_eyed_beauty Posts: 101 Member
    The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, Ghost... just to name a few...
  • Wonderwoman2677
    Wonderwoman2677 Posts: 428 Member
    What Dreams May Come, Titanic...actually there aren't too many movies that don't make me cry :)
  • heymirth
    heymirth Posts: 448
    The Notebook
  • bexxxster
    bexxxster Posts: 88 Member
    Defo agree with The Green Mile, love that film makes me cry every time! City of Angels is another that absolutely makes me cry my eyes out every time.
  • toriaenator
    toriaenator Posts: 423 Member
    i agree with requiem for a dream...

    though Wall.E made me shed a few too ;)
  • perfectingpatti
    perfectingpatti Posts: 1,037 Member
    Gran Torino
    Once Were Warriors
  • SwimFan1981
    SwimFan1981 Posts: 1,430 Member
    Philadelphia Story came out about 1 month after my brother died of AIDS. Hit pretty close to home.

    So sorry for your loss, Philadelphia is an incredibly moving film.
  • kaybelieve
    kaybelieve Posts: 118
    The Help!

    Such a beautiful film, perfectly cast too!
  • JPal5
    JPal5 Posts: 178
    Hotel Rwanda - couldnt watch most of it . It was too heartbreaking.
    Green Mile - Seen it about 8 times and I cry like a baby each time I watch it.
  • magnets21
    magnets21 Posts: 17 Member
    Pay It Forward - Real, proper sobbing!!!
  • dirtnap63
    dirtnap63 Posts: 1,387 Member
    It's A Beautiful Life
  • MayMaydoesntrun
    MayMaydoesntrun Posts: 805 Member
    It's an old film w/Jack Nicholson & Debra Winger : Terms of Endearment. The mother/daughter relationship and the daughter's illness.......GIVE HER THE SHOT!!!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plqzeUB9B-w

    Yes! I cried for an hour after the film was over..I'll never watch it again.
  • okidoki7
    okidoki7 Posts: 151 Member
    Man on Fire..made me cry so much, i only have to hear the music and start sobbing like a loon lol...
  • FunkBunny
    FunkBunny Posts: 417 Member
    Wonder what the calorie burn is for crying while watching a movie... all the furtive tear wiping and rapid eye blinking has to contribute somethign, doesn't it?

    Just in case it's significant I'll watch....My Girl, Far and Away and Sommersby over this weekend.
  • Sizethree4Ever
    Sizethree4Ever Posts: 120 Member
    Heart of a child

    The notebook

    Titanic
  • perfekta
    perfekta Posts: 331 Member
    The documentary Dear Zachary. It completely wrecked my life for like a month.

    Oh my god, same here. I picked it over another documentary that night because it seemed less depressing. Ha! (SO want to add my thought process about why it wouldn't be too bad but don't want to add a spoiler.)
  • allisona28
    allisona28 Posts: 186 Member
    Dances with Wolves
    The Painted Veil
    My Dog Skip
    Sense and Sensibility
  • sherrirb
    sherrirb Posts: 1,649 Member
    Old Yeller - even to this day.... classic!

    Sommersby - Jodie Foster and Richard Gere

    Million Dollar Baby
  • SwimFan1981
    SwimFan1981 Posts: 1,430 Member
    The Help!

    Such a beautiful film, perfectly cast too!

    I watched this a few days who, loved it!! I wonder how many calories were in Minnie's pie...

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